Improvement in standards for stools, tables



s. n. NEWBUMB. Standards for Stools, Tablas, &c.' No. 143,836. Patented Oct. 21,1873.

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SAMUEL H. NEWOOMB, OF PORT WILLIAMS, NOVA SOOTIA.

IMPROVEMENT m STANDARDS FOR STOOLS, TABLES, &c.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 143,836, dated October 21, 1873; application filed June 28, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL HARMON NEW- OOMB, of Port Williams, in the county of Kings, Nova Scotia, have invented new and Improved Supporting-Standards for Stools or Tables, of which the following is a specification:

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 rep-- resents a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the supporting-stand on line 0 c, Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a top view of the hinged legs as arranged around the central shaft of the supporting-stand; and Fig. 4, a side view of the supporting-stand with legs folded up.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The invention consists in an improved stand adapted to support different articles of furniture, as hereinafter fully described.

In the drawing, A represents the supporting-stand, which consists of four curved legs,

a, of which one is firmly connected to the central shaft 1), The other legs a are hinged sidewise to each other at at, so as to fold nearly parallel to the stationary leg. The sides'of legs a facing shaft 1) are grooved, to close accurately around shaft 12. Wedge-shaped pins 0 of shaft 1) enter at the same time corresponding holes 0 of the legs a, and secure the connection of ters Patent, is

legs and shaft more completely. Legs were further provided with recesses f around the shaft, and projecting. lugs g at their outer top ends. These lugs 9 enter recesses g of a round support, B, which rests 011 the legs a and binds them strongly together. A central circular aperture, h, of support B, together with the recesses f around shaft b, allow the insertion of the sockets C of the difl'erent parts which are to be connected to this supportingstand A.

- A hook, i, of the outer folding leg I) closes into an eye, i, at the lower side of support B, and prevents thereby the lifting off or otherwise 'disconnectin g of the same.

The stand A may also be used as stationary stool, if desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let- .The hinged legs a, the center shaft b, and the support B, constructed and combined, as shown and described, to form a stand for a piano-stool, center-table, work-stand, clothesrack, or analogous article.

SAMUEL HARMON NEWOOMB. Witnesses v CALDWELL J. Wns'r, CHARLES SMITH. 

